CURRENT EVENT

draw me into this cartoon of madness
whichever way you see me
like Picasso's Guernica
from the Spanish Civil War

a jig saw puzzle
with too many pieces lost to the carpet
where men mate with horses
rats to nuclear power
then dropped at my doorstep
on their heads as CNN segments
to be swept under the couch
of impassive resistance

American, Canadian…European
Middle and Far East
let us gorge on tainted salmon…
grandstanding shrimps
while the planet roils to the tune of
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
as long as you don't seek a full tank
beneath these purple clouds
feast…feast…feast!!!

as to be expected
the gas pumps are volatile
while having sold my overpriced
set of wheels long ago
back to corporate fascism
and the megalomaniacs
who now scramble for a touchdown
in Iraq and North Korea

yet still they seek my opinion
as to which way the weather will turn
as I set up camp in Antarctica
with only half a tent

my response…I have no answer
but there again no shortage of clues
all together now!
let's walk like penguins

© 2003 Chris Sorrenti